Suniel Shetty marks his Twitter debut with first tweet to Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai: Actor Suniel Shetty has joined the micro-blogging website Twitter. He first tweeted to megastar Amitabh Bachchan - “the most special man in the industry”.

The 55-year-old actor, who created his account on the site with the name Suniel V Shetty, was warmly welcomed by the Hindi film fraternity members like Ajay Devgn, Pritish Nandy and Tanuj Garg.

But he first replied to Big B, who had sent him birthday wishes on 10 August.

T 2344 - Happy birthday Sunil Shetty .. prosperity always .. love pic.twitter.com/hBtPBuQAbP

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 10, 2016

Ajay welcomed his Dilwale co-star with a special message. 

Anna, welcome to the digital world. @SunielVShetty

— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) August 13, 2016

Suniel, who is following only six celebrities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is already being followed by almost 2,000 individuals.

The actor has films like Mohra, Gaddaar, Border, Refugee, Hera Pheri and Main Hoon Na to his credit.

Last seen on the big screen in The Shaukeens, Suniel will soon feature in Reloaded, a prequel to the Hrithik Roshan-starrer 2014 hit film Bang Bang!.

He will also star in Circus - directorial debut of choreographer Bosco Martis.